Thesaurus:daytime

English

Sense: the period of ambient light between sunrise and sunset

NB: When the Sun is above the horizon.

Synonyms

day [⇒ thesaurus]
daylight
daylength (biology)
daytime
photoperiod (biology)
upsun (legal, Scotland)

Antonyms

nighttime [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

Meronyms

prime (historical, Christianity)
terce, tierce (historical, Christianity)
sext (historical, Christianity)
nones, none (historical, Christianity)

Holonyms

day [⇒ thesaurus]

Comeronyms

nighttime [⇒ thesaurus]
twilight [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

“125. morning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“420. light” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“daytime” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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